Charing Cross Bridge, London

Camille Pissarro1890

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Title: Charing Cross Bridge, London
Creator: Camille Pissarro
Date Created: 1890
Physical Dimensions: overall: 60 x 90 cm (23 5/8 x 35 7/16 in.) framed: 71.8 x 104.1 x 4.1 cm (28 1/4 x 41 x 1 5/8 in.)
Provenance: Purchased from the artist 18 October 1890 by (Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Paris); sold 23 November 1891 to Elkins, New York;[1] sold by 1892 to (Durand-Ruel, Paris).[2] Paul Harth, Paris, by 1930.[3] (Paul Rosenberg and Co., London, New York and Paris). (Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris and New York), by 1939.[4] (Alex Reid & Lefèvre, London). William A. Cargill [d. 1962], Carruth, Scotland; (his estate sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 June 1963, no. 34); purchased by (Hector Brame, Paris)[5] for Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1985 to NGA. [1] For the date of the sale to Elkins, see John Rewald, "Theo van Gogh, Goupil, and the Impressionists, part II," _Gazette des Beaux-Arts_ (February 1973). [2] The painting was exhibited at Durand-Ruel in 1892. [3] The painting was lent by Harth to an exhibition at the Musée de l'Orangerie in 1930. [4] The painting was published as in the Bignou collection by Venturi and Pissarro in 1939. [5] Provenance according to Paul Mellon records in NGA curatorial files.
Rights: CC0
Medium: oil on canvas

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